Electric percolator.



L. P. PARKHURST & H.. G. WEEKS.

ELECTRIC PERGOLATOR. APPLImTIoN PIL-ED sume?, 1909.

Patented Allg'. 30, 1910.

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UNITED sTATEs. PATENT loEEioE.

LEON F. P-ARKEURST AND HARRY G. WEEKS, 0F BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS TO DIAMOND ELECTRIC COMPANY,'OF BING-HAMTON, NEW' YORK, A CORPORATION 0F NEW YORK.

To all whom it my concern:y I

Be it known that we, LEON F. PAnKHURsT and HARRY G. WEEKS, citizens 'of the United States, residing at Binghamton, county of Broome, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Electric Percolators, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. Our invention relates to electric heating devices and is particularly concerned with aconstruction of such devices 'adapted for heating percolator pots and the like.

The object of the invention is to provide a construction of this description which may be used with the'ordinary form of combined percolator pot and stand and may be supported upon the usual lampv support and adjusted to fit closelyv against the bottom of the percolating chamber notwithstanding variations in thedistances between the lamp support and the bottom of the ent makes of percolators.

With these objects in view the invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts preferred embodiments of which are illustrated in the' accompanying drawings, in whichpot 2 is secure Figure 1 is a side elevation of a ortion of a percolating pot and stand, showing the improved heater fitted thereto. Fig. 2 is a view of a modified .form of the adjusting' -mechanislh for saidheater, and Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view of parts shown in Fig. 2.

The embodiment of our invention illustrated in Fig. 1 comprises a. stand having a supporting ring 1,y to which the percolator c, said pot having the usual tap 3. The ring 1 is supported by the legs 4 to the lower ends of -which is secured the' usual lamp support 5. In the form here illustrated the pot is provided with a disk percolatmg chamber 6 ofl well known constructionhaving at its base the extended disk 7 to increase the heating surface. A

` It is essential to the successful use of electric heaters to heat liquid in the containing vessels that the hea-ter be brought into and maintained in intimate contact with the base of said vessels. With this end in view, our inventionl consists of the heater 8 which may be of any desired internal construction and'is provided with a flat top tc fit snugly the Vessel to be heated. The heater is against the base of the heating chamber 6 or Specication of Letters Patent.

Application filed September `27, 1909. Serial No. 519,812.

pot in di'er- ELECTRIC PERco'LAToR.

Patented Aug. 30,1910.

provided with the usual leading in cables 9 which may be convenientlyA supported upon the heater by bracket 10.

In orderto support the heater from the usual lamp support, we provide in conjunction therewith a disk like base 11 which fits within the lamp receiving rim of the lamp support .which holds the base securely in position and centers the leater with respect tothe vessel to be heated. y

I In order to adapt the heater to percolators or other ,like utensils to be heated, the base 11 is connected with the heater proper by means of a rotatable stem 13 swiveled at its upper end within a head 14 secured to thc base of the heater and threaded at its lower end to engage a threaded nut 15 secured to lthe base 1l. -F or convenience of manipulation the stem 13 may be provided with \a knurled linger piece 16. In order to mount the heater within the utensil here illustrated, the base 11 is suiiciently adjusted toward the heater 8 to permit these parts to be inserted between the'bottom of the ,heating chamber (i and the lamp support 5. The base 11 is'then slipped within the rim of the lamp support and the stem 13 adjusted until the heater is brought firmly and snugly incontaet with the base oi" the heating chamber (l. This adjustment of the part serves not only to bring the heater in such intimate contact but also serves to hold the heater as a whole securely clamped in proper position.

While we have herein described the base as inthe form of a disk provided with a' means for engaging the lamp support, it is obviousthat this construction may be modified in numerous ways by constructing tle cured tothe un er side of'l the heater proper,

into which ts a stem 18 which is secured at its lower end'to the base 11 in a socket 19.

Upon the stem 18 a cam lever 20 is voted' at 2 1 having the cam end 22 arrange to engage the lower end of the tubular member 17. The opposite end of the cam lever is provided with a finger piece 23 for conven- 'lent manipulation. In fitting this device to the utensil to beheated as, for example, the percolator illustrated in Fig. V1, the cam lever 2O is turned upwardly and away from the stem 18, thus permitting the heater and base to approach each other, whereby the heater may be readily slipped in between the lamp support and the bottom of the vessel to be heated and seated within the lamp support. The lever is then swung to a position parallel to the stem 18, as shown in Fig. 2, whereupon the cam end 22 of said lever will engage the lower end of the tubular member 17 and elevate the heater into close con tact with the bottom of the vessel to be heated.

While this, modified form of adjusting mechanism will operatenost effectively when the cam lever 20 lies parallel and in contact with the stem'lS, itis obvious that it will still hold the parts proberly in position even though the distancebetween the lamp sujiiport and the bottom of\tl'ie vessel is noty sutticient to permit swinging of the lever fully into its position parallel with said stem,whereby this adjusting mechanism also is adapted for use with utensils of Various makes or sizes and differing'with respect to the distance between the lamp support and the bottom of the vessel to be heated.

1While we have herein described preferred forms of our invention, it is tobe understood that the same may be varied in detail and relative arrangement of parts without dc- What we claim is:

l. In an electric heating device, a heating parting from the spirit or scope thereof.

member proper, a disk like base, va stem swiveled to one of said Vparts and having screw engagement with the other of said parts, whereby the distance between said parts may be varied.

2. In an electric heating device,l a heating member proper, a disk like base, a stem swiveled to said heating member at one end and screw threaded at the opposite end and a nut on said base to receive said screwthreaded end whereby said heating member and said base vmay be adjusted relatively to each other.

3. In a device of the character described, a liquid container, a stand therefor, a lamp support attached to said stand, an electric heating devicecomprising a heating member proper, a base adapted to be s upported from said lamp support, an adjustable means between said heating member and said base whereby saidA heating member may be brought into intimate contact with the bottom of said' liquid container.

4. In anfapparatus of the character described, a liquid container, a stand therefor, a lamp support secured to saidstand, an electric heating device comprising a heating memb'erliproper, a base adaptedl to lit within and be"supported liy said lamp support, a

stem swiveled to one member of said heating deviceaiid adjustably connected to .the other member thereof, whereby said heating member may b'e adjusted into intimate contact with the bottom of said container.

LEON F. PARKHURST.

. HARRY G. WEEKS.

Wvitnesses ISRAEL l. Dnro, INA E. Hinten. 

